Urban Search and Rescue New York Task Force 1

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Recognition for Haiti efforts

NYC Urban Search & Rescue Task Force or also known by its Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) designation of NY-TF1 is a FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Task Force based in New York City, New York. NY-TF1 is managed by the NYC Office of Emergency Management (NYCOEM) and its members mainly come from Fire Department of New York and the New York City Police Department. [1]

They were deployed to the World Trade Center bombing and Oklahoma City bombing, in 1993 and 1995, respectively. [2]

After the 2010 Haiti earthquake the team deployed to Haiti and rescued a pair of siblings from a collapsed building on January 21, 2010. [3] This was their 5th rescue of the activation. [4]

References

  1. ↑ "US&R Task Force Locations". FEMA. Archived from the original on July 5, 2012. Retrieved August 28, 2006.
  2. ↑ Quittner, Jeremy (1995-09-07). "NY Task Force set for action". Newsday. p. 1. Retrieved 2025-05-03.
  3. ↑ Javed, Noor (January 22, 2010). "Children rescued after a week under the rubble". The Star. Toronto. Retrieved May 27, 2010.
  4. ↑ "New York Task Force". www.nytf1.org. Archived from the original on 2011-07-27.


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